From 93ced2a355fcc31ef24d8a5a94a44d9062ab2980 2013-07-30 23:36:42
From: MinRK <benjaminrk@gmail.com>
Date: 2013-07-30 23:36:42
Subject: [PATCH] mention payloads for non-Python kernels

they should be ignored.
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diff --git a/docs/source/development/messaging.rst b/docs/source/development/messaging.rst
index f146e34..278cc65 100644
--- a/docs/source/development/messaging.rst
+++ b/docs/source/development/messaging.rst
@@ -450,6 +450,10 @@ When status is 'ok', the following extra fields are present::
        ip.payload_manager.write_payload(payload_dict)
 
    which appends a dictionary to the list of payloads.
+   
+   The payload API is not yet stabilized,
+   and should probably not be supported by non-Python kernels at this time.
+   In such cases, the payload list should always be empty.
 
    
 When status is 'error', the following extra fields are present::